I want to see sigma release a 85 1.4 OS with fast AF (at least same speed as the current 85 1.4 or close to canon 85 1.8) and price around 1100-1200. Im curious to see how many FS threads of the 85Lii in the marketplace section.

Actually, the missing Art (and Sport) lens I want them to make is all of them... with a Sony E-mount.

Over the last few years, the E-mount has evolved from simply being yet another mount option for crop-sensor mirrorless bodies (in the NEX series) to being a serious contender in the professional arsenal (non-action at the moment, i.e. everything except sports and wildlife, but it won't be too long before it's a contender in action photography too). But one of the main things holding it back is lack of native lenses, hence the heavy reliance on Canon/Metabones at the moment. I'd like to see how fast the A7r2 focuses via an adapter, but it'd be nice to have some top-tier, wide-aperture E-mount lenses to use (Sigma or Zeiss Otus), instead of budget/light-weight-oriented compromises.

I think an 85mm Art might not be far away. The Australian importer/distributor is selling "excess stock" on eBay at the moment. I've seen a few pop up in the last few weeks (and managed to get one for $640 - brand new, presumably never opened with warranty cards and all). They have another on there due to finish in a couple of hours

Interesting. The SIGMA 12-24 was ground breaking, ahead of it;s time and for a decade the widest auto focus full frame lens available.

Canon's entry into this market is only a toddler by comparison, it beats the SIGMA by a mere millimeter @ 11mm at the wide end, and it costs about 6 times as much as the SIGMA did when launched, and 3 times what the current 2.5 gen DG MkII costs new.

The problem? SIGMA did not yet have the chops to pull off a very sharp wide angle. This was long before "ART" and even before SIGMA's earlier highly regarded primes, like the 30mm. Before "DG" before "OS"...

For the ultra wide FF aficionados, a new 12mm "ART" could be a very nice alternative to the very highly priced Canon.

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